# 1981 Bristol Open > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1981_Bristol_Open > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1981_Bristol_Open.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Bristol_Open > Source revision: 1083643782 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament 1981 Bristol Open Date 15–20 June Edition 2nd Category Grand Prix Draw 32S / 16D Prize money $75,000 Surface Grass / outdoor Location Bristol, England Champions Singles Mark Edmondson[1] Doubles Billy Martin / Russell Simpson[2] ← 1972 · Bristol Open · 1982 → The **1981 Bristol Open**, also known by its sponsored name **Lambert & Butler Championships**, was a [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on outdoor [grass courts](/source/Grass_court) that was part of the [1981 Volvo Grand Prix](/source/1981_Volvo_Grand_Prix). It was played at [Bristol](/source/Bristol) in [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain) and was held from 15 June until 20 June 1981. Unseeded [Mark Edmondson](/source/Mark_Edmondson) won the singles title.[3] ## Finals ### Singles Main article: [1981 Bristol Open – Singles](/source/1981_Bristol_Open_%E2%80%93_Singles) [Mark Edmondson](/source/Mark_Edmondson) defeated [Roscoe Tanner](/source/Roscoe_Tanner) 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 - It was Edmondson's 2nd title of the year and the 15th of his career. ### Doubles Main article: [1981 Bristol Open – Doubles](/source/1981_Bristol_Open_%E2%80%93_Doubles) [Billy Martin](/source/Billy_Martin_(tennis)) / [Russell Simpson](/source/Russell_Simpson_(tennis)) defeated [John Austin](/source/John_Austin_(tennis)) / [Johan Kriek](/source/Johan_Kriek) 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 - It was Martin's only title of the year and the 4th of his career. It was Simpson's only title of the year and the 5th of his career. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ms_1-0)** ["1981 Bristol – Singles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/bristol/313/1981/draws?matchtype=singles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-md_2-0)** ["1981 Bristol – Doubles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/bristol/313/1981/draws?matchType=doubles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-wot1982_3-0)** [John Barrett](/source/John_Barrett_(tennis)), ed. (1982). [*Slazengers World of Tennis 1982 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation*](https://archive.org/details/isbn_0356085961/page/121) (14th ed.). London: [Queen Anne Press](/source/Queen_Anne_Press). p. [121](https://archive.org/details/isbn_0356085961/page/121). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780356085968](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780356085968). ## External links - [ITF tournament edition details](https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/bristol/gbr/1981/m-gp-gbr-04a-1981/draws-and-results/) v t e Bristol Open 1972 NH NH NH NH NH NH NH NH NH 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 v t e 1981 Grand Prix Tour « 1980 1982 » Grand Slam tournaments Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open Grand Prix circuit Super Series Monterrey WCT Philadelphia WCT Richmond WCT La Quinta Memphis Brussels Indoor WCT Rotterdam WCT Milan WCT Frankfurt WCT Houston WCT Monte Carlo Hamburg Rome Boston Washington North Conway Indianapolis Montreal Cincinnati San Francisco Barcelona Sydney Indoor Tokyo Indoor Stockholm Wembley Buenos Aires Johannesburg Outdoor Regular Series Auckland Adelaide San Juan Vina del Mar Mar del Plata Mexico City Denver Salisbury WCT Tampa Cairo Nancy Napa Stuttgart Indoor Linz Johannesburg Indoor Nice Los Angeles Bournemouth Las Vegas Dallas WCT Forest Hills WCT Florence Munich Brussels Outdoor London/Queen's Bristol Venice Gstaad Newport Kitzbuhel Stuttgart Outdoor Båstad Hilversum South Orange Columbus Stowe Cleveland Palermo Geneva Bordeaux Madrid Manila Maui Brisbane Outdoor Tel Aviv Basel Tokyo Outdoor Melbourne Indoor Vienna Indoor Paris Cologne Hong Kong Quito Taipei Bangkok Bologna Santiago Manila Sydney Outdoor Sofia Team events Davis Cup (World Group) World Team Cup Masters Doubles WCT, London Pepsi Grand Slam, Boca Raton Sawgrass Doubles Volvo Masters, New York --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1981 Bristol Open](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Bristol_Open) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Bristol_Open?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.